Project Manager
Company: Precision Custom Components, LLC (York)
Job Ref: # 7470130
Date Posted: 3/27/2026 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Florence, NJ
Salary: $85,000 - $85,000
Description
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D.C. Fabricators, Inc.
Project Manager
Department: Program Management Reports To: Director, Project
FLSA Status: Exempt Management
Level: 60
Supervises: None
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
This position is concerned with the control of all planning, coordination and administration actions necessary for the successful completion and delivery of major government/commercial contracts. The incumbent functions in a matrix team basis with personnel from associated departments. The development and implementation of effective cost tracking and control methods is an inherent responsibility of this position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individual with a disability to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Develop integrated project plans, project schedules, and budgets by coordinating the efforts of all required disciplines. Plans, schedules, and budgets will be consistent with customer schedule requirements and specifications, as well as Company’s cost objectives and resource constraints in order to control orders from receipt through completion.
- Develop and maintain an overall project schedule for all major phases/elements of an order, defining the required contributions of each technical and/or administrative discipline.
- Interface with the customer on a regular basis to assure that the Company’s interests are communicated to the customer, and the customer’s interests are communicated within the Company.
- Identify possibilities and strategies for new business with the customer.
- Interface with the customer on a regular basis to resolve quality, contractual, and technical issues.
- Develop a project budget plan relating to each phase of the contract. Analyze project costs (actual vs. planned) and develop corrective actions necessary to resolve unfavorable performance.
- Analyze, update, and discuss the Contract Performance reports on a quarterly basis.
- Develop “make/buy” strategies consistent with internal resource constraints and project budget plans. Coordinate these “make/buy” strategies with the Purchasing function, and other required disciplines, on a timely basis to insure that project goals are met.
- Provide project information to management, internal disciplines and customers in order to anticipate project issues and resolve problems.
- Develop proposals for major government/commercial customers in accordance with specification requirements. Review Request for Proposal documents including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, and schedule. Develop strategies for proposal pricing consistent with Company objectives.
- Provide customer with project status reports as required by contract, or as deemed necessary by the Company.
- Participate in negotiations on contract and technical changes relative to cost and schedule impacts.
- Communicate with management on a routine basis to apprise management of issues which may affect Company operations, e.g. delayed shipments which would affect cash flow, cost overruns which would affect profitability, customer delays which would impact Company’s human resources, etc. Focus should be on anticipating these issues in advance and developing plans to mitigate any negative affects.
- Provide the liaison efforts with customers, vendors, and internal disciplines on matters specific to the contracts. Coordinate activities to support project plans.
- Interface with all required disciplines to communicate contract requirements and coordinate plans to assure that project plans are achieved. Examples include:
- Manufacturing Operations – schedular and cost objectives.
- Quality Assurance – quality planning, witness points, and resolution of non-conformance issues.
- Vendors – assist with communication of schedule, cost, and quality requirements to assure that project plans are achieved.
- Contracts – assist with developing constructive channels of communication with the customer.
- Engineering – develop schedules and departmental budgets.
- Finance – contract performance reports and accounts receivable.
- Management – visibility on all phases of a contract, including costs, schedules, and problem areas.
- Purchasing - develop material procurement plan and manage vendor performance.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Accuracy – Ability to analyze/interpret commercial and technical data in order to manage existing orders in accordance with Company objectives.
- Detail Oriented – Must understand details, but primary functions relate to developing and analyzing the “big picture” of a project or contract.
- Ethical – Ability to perform at the highest level of ethical business standards to assure compliance with customer requirements, adherence to legal requirements, etc.
- Honesty/Integrity – Ability to be viewed as truthful and credible in the workplace, and with customers, in that the position’s primary functions relate to the ability to work collaboratively with all disciplines to achieve project goals.
- Organized – Ability to organize data and analyze problems in a structural manner is essential. Must organize input/data from multiple disciplines into a final result which is consistent with Company objectives.
- Communications - Ability to effectively communicate with both internal stakeholders and customers. Can discuss and relate complex business and technical issues to all levels of the organization.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience. Specialized education/training in management or business administration may be considered as equivalent experience.
Experience:
Four to five years experience in manufacturing and/or engineering administration in industries related to the fabrication of large equipment. A portion of this time should have been in planning, coordinating, and directing the efforts of others on extensive and complex projects.
Computer Skills:
Excellent computer skills required. Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft applications such as WORD, Excel, Outlook, Project, and Power Point, and of ERP systems.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of the company systems, processes and products, with the technical capability of analyzing administrative and technical requirements and applying equipment and technology to satisfy contract needs. This may involve knowledge of engineering, machine design, manufacturing, plant layout, material handling, materials, government/military and/or commercial specifications, financial spread sheet technology, scheduling methods, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate, guide and work cooperatively and effectively with others in order to obtain practical and effective results. The ability to communicate, plan, and analyze effectively is required. The ability to evaluate problems and then make sound decisions or recommendations is an inherent and fundamental requirement.
- Requires ability to obtain a personnel security clearance to the Secret level.
- Position involves occasional overnight travel to customers and suppliers.
